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Opposition Leader Angus Taylor's Coalition is set to unveil its long-awaited migration policy today, weeks after One Nation and Labor announced their plans. Follow live.
Anthony Albanese will attend a pre-COP meeting in Fiji today with Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen. Follow live.
Anthony Albanese promised to be "the adult in the room" and govern from the centre. But is that still the political mood as we enter the last part of 2026?
It seems unlikely households will get cost-of-living relief this year after Treasurer Jim Chalmers revealed the government is looking to "tighten" the budget as borrowing costs boom.
David Shoebridge has big ambitions for the Greens, but his party is still wrestling with how to turn voter disillusionment into greater support.
The eSafety Commission says it has identified gaps in harmful content detection, repeat-offender prevention and information-sharing initiatives in some gaming platforms. Follow live.
Labor is moving against lawyers and migration agents accused of profiting from visa applications that have little prospect of success.
The Veterans' Affairs Minister has rebuffed calls to resign, stating there's "still more to do".
Murray Watt has urged new Greens leader David Shoebridge to be constructive with Labor in parliament. Follow live.
Union figures and leading academics want big tech companies building Australian data centres to help fund the local AI industry through a levy.
As political pressure mounts from the left and right, the risk is that pursuing more short-term relief will only make the government's long-term challenge harder.
After a rare leadership ballot for the Greens, the NSW senator becomes the sixth leader in the party's history.
The opposition leader says the government is not in control of inflation and interest rates. Follow live.
The Greens will select a new leader after the shock resignation of Larissa Waters, as the party considers its future direction amid a surging One Nation.
Another interest rate rise has turned attention to government spending, weak productivity and other domestic pressures contributing to inflation.
Sydney-based barrister Sophie Callan SC has been appointed to prosecute the assault case against federal Labor MP Luke Gosling. Mr Gosling denies two charges of assaulting the NT administrator and one charge of…
Australia is looking to impose a dual notification requirement under tougher new standards enforced after OpenAI's breach of a Medicare website.
The Greens have revealed that the leader has been dealing with a pre-existing medical condition, which has worsened.
Jim Chalmers will today unveil a $6 billion improvement to the federal government's forecast deficit. Follow live.
The major parties agree OpenAI's Medicare breach proves the need for Australia to secure "a seat at the AI table" by rolling out data centres nationally.
Australia may want AI to live up to its promise, but has just experienced how easily things can go wrong. The challenge now is figuring out how to harness one without getting blindsided by the other.
OpenAI says dozens more third parties were affected by rogue agents bypassing website security controls, as new traces reveal days of attempts to access Australian health data.
The prime minister will use a speech to the UN to say the world can only confront the breakdown of international rules and the challenges posed by AI if leaders band together. Follow live.
The Medicare hack underscores that the work on AI has to be given even higher priority by the government. As one government man put it, it was a real-life example of a science fiction scenario.
OpenAI's delayed reporting of an autonomous agent breaching a government website has strengthened Australia's push for tougher AI safety and disclosure rules.
Anthony Albanese couldn't have picked a better time to drop the metaphorical bomb that a rogue artificial intelligence agent breached an Australian government system.
An OpenAI agent accessed public and private data after hacking into a Medicare data portal in June. Follow live.
Anthony Albanese says he has spoken to the Open AI chief executive to express his concern about the incident and the length of time it took the tech company to inform the government of the breach.
The capacity of Andrew Forrest to dream big about jumping on board the AI revolution while at the same time acknowledging the technology could end us all is a perfect example of the dilemma being confronted at the UN…
Anthony Albanese has pushed back against the Trump administration's "censorship" criticism of Australia's draft digital duty of care laws, as the US president rejects a push from Australia and other countries to impose…
No country can manage the risks of artificial intelligence "alone", Anthony Albanese has told world leaders in a call for international cooperation to regulate the technology. Follow live.
Defence has quietly doubled its post-service commitment for new recruits in a bid to grow the pool of people it can call in a crisis.
Defence Minister Richard Marles says Australia is helping the US investigate how F-35 jet fighter parts were mistakenly diverted to Hong Kong, but that no technologically "sensitive" components have been lost.
A push to allow Australians to use their super to make it easier to buy their first home is being floated by Shadow Housing Minister Andrew Bragg, as the Coalition works through its policy on how to help people enter…
Women report screening profiles, withholding personal information and managing interactions to protect themselves as researchers push for stronger obligations on dating platforms.
Just a year after hundreds of Chinese CCTV cameras were removed from federal government buildings over surveillance fears, cameras from the same company were being used in EVs.
Younger Australians are better educated and likely to live and work longer, but are missing some of the early income and wealth gains enjoyed by previous generations, according to a new report.
Australia's population will come close to 40 million people by 2066 as Australians live longer but have fewer children, according to new projections. Follow live.
The Intergenerational Report released today suggests population growth is slowing. But migrants are crucial for the economy and along with data centres have become the most dangerous political issues confronting the…
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